Moroccan Spiced Stewed Pork Belly In A Slow Cooker Food

SLOW COOKER MOROCCAN PORK STEW

Steps:

• Add pork cubes, onion, and carrots to slow cooker.
• In a small bowl, mix together cumin, coriander, turmeric, paprika, salt, and cinnamon. Spinkle over pork and vegetables.
• Stir in chickpeas and chicken broth.
• Turn slow cooker on low and cook for 4-6 hours.
• Stir in cherries and cook for an additional 15 minutes. Serve with lemon slices.

MOROCCAN SPICED STEWED PORK BELLY IN A SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep cast iron skillet (or a cast iron dutch oven) over medium high heat. Cube the belly with skin on and salt the meat. Add meat to oil and brown on each side. Work in batches if your skillet is small - don't crowd the meat. Remove the meat from the skillet and set aside in a bowl.
• Add diced onions to the skillet and fry in the oil until they are beginning to brown (ie past translucent but not burnt). Add ginger and garlic and stir up and fry for one more minute.
• Add wine and stock and deglaze pan (scrape up the browned bits into the liquid). Add tomato, spices, safron, honey and salt. Taste for saltiness - do not undersalt. The liquid will not be flavorful or even tasty at this stage so only judge the salt. Add the yoghurt slowly and stir as you add (this prevents it from curdling). Reduce the liquid if it looks like a lot (if you reduce too much, no worries, you'll add back just the right amount of water in the next step).
• Pour the liquid from the skillet into your slow cooker. Add the meat with any juices from the bowl into your slow cooker. Add the quartered small onions and the dried mushrooms. Add water to almost cover the meat and stir the liquid. Cook on low setting for 9 hours. I do all the prep the night before and then refrigerate the uncooked food in the insert until I'm ready to place it in the base the next morning and turn it on. When I get home I have a gorgeous fragrant meal.
• Serve ladled over couscous and garnish with chopped fresh cilantro.

PORK PATATIM (FILIPINO-CHINESE STEWED PORK LEG/KNUCKLES)

Steps:

• bake pork pata in oven at 450 until the skin turns brown. this is what prevents the skin from breaking when it is stewing. while the pork pata is baking, soak the shitake mushrooms in hot water.
• when done, place pata in a casserole. add the 6 cups of water, soy sauce, hoysin sauce, brown sugar, pepper corns and bring to a boil.
• add the star anise (or anise extract) and sesame oil. simmer for an hour, or until pork is tender that the meat almost falls off the bone.
• mix constarch in 1/4 cup cold water, and add to the pot. continue to let it simmer until sauce thickens.
• blanch the bokchoy in boiling water seasoned with garlic salt. do not overcook the veg to retain its bright green color.
• to serve, take out the pata and place them in the middle of a serving dish surrounded by the strained blanched bokchoy. pour the sauce over the pata and vegetables.
• enjoy.
• ** optional - you can add hard-boiled eggs to the stew towards the end of the simmering process for sumptuous "humba eggs".

CACOILA (PORTUGUESE STEWED PORK)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Cut excess fat from the pork and then cut into 2-inch cubes; place meat into an oven-safe casserole that has a lid.
• In a medium bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; pour over pork in casserole.
• Gently massage wine and seasonings into the meat and cover casserole; place in oven for about 2 1/2 hours.
• You will want to periodically check that the meat to be sure it is tenderizing and that the flavors are blending in; also, be sure that all the liquid does not evaporate (you can add additional wine or water).
• Once you can easily break the meat apart with a fork, it is done.

MOROCCAN PORK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
• Heat oil in a large skillet and stir-fry the diced pork in two batches until browned.
• Add ginger, garlic, coriander, cumin and paprika, and stir fry a further minute to cook the spices.
• Add chili sauce, squash, spinach, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste), and chicken stock, and mix well.
• Transfer contents of skillet to a casserole dish, cover tightly and cook in the oven for 45 minutes.
• Check once or twice during cooking that the liquid has not evaporated, and add a little more stock if necessary.
• When the meat and squash are tender, stir through the fresh cilantro and serve with rice.

SLOW COOKER MOROCCAN LAMB STEW

Steps:

• Set the slow cooker to low. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and brown the lamb in batches, transferring to the slow cooker as you go. Add the remaining oil and the onions to the pan and cook for 8-10 mins until softened. Tip in the garlic and ginger and stir for 1-2 mins, then add the spices, preserved lemon and tomato purée. Warm through, then tip into the slow cooker. Swirl some water around the pan, then pour into the slow cooker along with the stock. Season, cover and cook for 6-8 hrs.
• Once the meat is really tender, turn the heat up to high. Add the honey, lemon and olives and cook for 20-30 mins. Top with the herbs and serve with couscous or rice.